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H0865......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ELECTIVE OFFICERS - SALARIES - Amends existing law to increase the salaries
of state elective officers by four percent per annum on the first Monday in
January of 2007, and then again by three percent per annum on each of the
first Mondays in January of 2008, 2009 and 2010.
03/31 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
04/03 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
04/04 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 57-10-3
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Bastian, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao,
Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon,
Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson,
Jaquet, Lake, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Moyle, Nielsen,
Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Sayler,
Schaefer, Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Bayer, Kemp, LeFavour, Loertscher, Mathews,
Mitchell, Nonini, Rydalch, Sali
Absent and excused -- Shepherd(2), Smylie, Wood
Floor Sponsor - Denney
Title apvd - to Senate
04/04 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
04/05 Rls susp - PASSED - 23-10-2
AYES -- Andreason, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hill, Jorgenson, Keough, Little, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Stegner, Williams
NAYS -- Brandt, Burkett, Fulcher, Kelly, Langhorst, Malepeai,
Schroeder, Stennett, Sweet, Werk
Absent and excused -- Lodge, Marley
Floor Sponsor - President Pro Tempore Geddes
Title apvd - to House
04/05 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
04/06 To Governor
04/12 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 431
Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 865
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE SALARIES OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS; AMENDING SECTION 59-501, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SALARIES OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS SHALL BE INCREASED
4 BY FOUR PERCENT PER ANNUM ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY OF 2007, AND THEN
5 AGAIN BY THREE PERCENT PER ANNUM ON EACH OF THE FIRST MONDAYS IN JANUARY
6 OF 2008, 2009 AND 2010.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 59-501, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 59-501. SALARIES OF STATE ELECTIVE OFFICERS -- REGULAR PAYMENT -- TRAVEL-
11 ING EXPENSES -- FEES PROPERTY OF STATE. (1) The governor, lieutenant governor,
12 secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general and
13 superintendent of public instruction shall, during their continuance in
14 office, receive for their services compensation as follows:
15 Commencing on the first Monday in January 2002, until the first Monday in
16 January 2007:
17 Governor, $101,500 per annum;
18 Lieutenant governor, $26,750 per annum;
19 Secretary of state, $82,500 per annum;
20 State controller, $82,500 per annum; said salary to be audited by the leg-
21 islative council;
22 Attorney general, $91,500 per annum;
23 State treasurer, $82,500 per annum; and
24 State superintendent of public instruction, $82,500 per annum.
25 (2) Commencing on the first Monday in January 2007, the salary then in
26 effect for each officer named in subsection (1) of this section shall be
27 increased by four percent (4%) per annum, and then again by three percent (3%)
28 per annum on each of the first Mondays in January of 2008, 2009 and 2010.
29 (3) Such compensation shall be paid on regular pay periods as due out of
30 the state treasury, and shall be in full for all services by said officers
31 respectively rendered in any official capacity or employment whatever during
32 their respective terms of office; but no increase in the rate of compensation
33 shall be made during the terms of such officers; provided, however, that the
34 actual and necessary expenses of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary
35 of state, attorney general, state controller, state treasurer, and superin-
36 tendent of public instruction while traveling within the state, or between
37 points within the state, in the performance of official duties, shall be
38 allowed and paid by the state; not however, exceeding such sum as shall be
39 appropriated for such purpose.
40 (34) Actual and necessary subsistence expenses of the governor while
41 traveling in connection with the performance of official duties are hereby
42 expressly exempted from the provisions of sections 67-2007 and 67-2008, Idaho
43 Code. (Standard Travel Pay and Allowance Act of 1949).
2
1 (45) No officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance
2 of any official duty any fee for his own use, but all fees fixed by law for
3 the performance by either of them, of any official duty, shall be collected in
4 advance and deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the state.
Statement of Purpose
RS 16318
This bill would increase statewide elective officials salaries by four percent in
January 2007 and by three percent in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Article V, Section 27 of the Idaho Constitution prohibits the Legislature from taking
any action to diminish or increase the compensation of a statewide elective official
during his or her term of office. That means that the Legislature must act no later
than the last legislative session before the beginning of the four-year term of
statewide elective officials. However, it is permissible, if the Legislature acts before
the beginning of the term, to provide for an increase during the term in steps or in
more than one calendar year.
One of the reasons for selecting a four percent increase the first year is to "catch up"
statewide elective officials salaries after the four-year 2003-2007 "freeze" that those
salaries are enduring. Examination of the existing salaries, and how they relate to
other state salaries, also indicates the need for a periodic upgrade.
Because of the constitutional prohibition, if elective officials salaries are not
increased by statute during the 2006 session, there will not be another opportunity to
increase their salaries until January 2011, and the current salaries will remain in
effect indefinitely.
Fiscal Impact
Below are the adjusted salaries authorized, the associated benefit costs, and the
total fiscal impact for each fiscal year.
Current Jan. 1, 2007 Jan. 1, 2008 Jan. 1, 2009 Jan. 1, 2010
Governor $101,500 $ 105,560 $108,727 $111,989 $115,348
Lt. Governor $26,750 $ 27,820 $ 28,655 $ 29,514 $ 30,400
Attorney
General $91,500 $ 95,160 $ 98,015 $100,955 $103,984
Sec. of State $82,500 $ 85,800 $ 88,374 $ 91,025 $ 93,756
Controller $82,500 $ 85,800 $ 88,374 $ 91,025 $ 93,756
Treasurer $82,500 $ 85,800 $ 88,374 $ 91,025 $ 93,756
Sup. of
Public Inst. $82,500 $ 85,800 $ 88,374 $ 91,025 $ 93,756
The estimated fiscal impact for salaries and benefits in FY 2007 is $13,400; the bill
impacts one-half of the fiscal year. In FY 2008 the estimated impact is $24,400 in FY
2009; the estimated impact is $22,400; and the fiscal impact in FY 2010 is estimated
to be $23,100. Finally, the bill impacts one-half of FY 2011 and the estimated fiscal
impact is $9,100.
Contact: Pro Tern Robert Geddes, 332-1300
Rep. Bill Deal, 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 865